Mostaph Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Mostaph Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Mostaph (45) may also be a first name.
Mostaph Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mostaph Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mostaph (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺼﻄﻒ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Mostaph.
How Common Is The Last Name Mostaph? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mostaph is the 3,185,033rd most commonly used family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. Mostaph is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mostaph reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Mostaph is also the 1,504,468th most widely held forename worldwide, held by 45 people.
Mostaph is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 37 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 7 percent live. Other than Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mostaph Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mostaph in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺼﻄﻒ | mstf | 44.44 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻒ | almstf | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻲ | almstfy | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﻤﺼﻄﻔﻰ | almstfy | 11.11 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mostaph
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